from www.usatoday.com – Minnesota senators on Wednesday will discuss proposed legislation related to hotels that is sure to spark controversy. The proposed would ban state workers traveling on state business from staying at hotels that sell violent, pay-per-view pornography – but non-violent sex videos would not be covered.

Democratic Sen. Tarryl Clark [pictured] of St. Cloud proposed the bill, the Associated Press reports.

It’s not clear from the story who would screen the movies – and how the state would define “violence.”

Under the proposal, Minnesota would establish a list of “approved” hotels to help employees book their hotels, which would mean that hotels not included on the list would be outed for having violent porn. I can already imagine the hotel industry lobby gearing up for a fight…

Advocates say that the bill would prevent Minnesota from supporting a system that condones sexual violence. The bill would give employees an exemption if they can’t findor afford a hotel on the state’s approved list.

Back in 2008, a coalition of groups including evangelical group Focus on the Family met with Marriott International officials to urge them to stop offering skin flicks in hotel rooms.